$3,000 Mystery Bounty
Day 1 Completed
2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
$3,000 Mystery Bounty
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$1,683,396
Entries
981
Level
37
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
840
Players Left
204
Alexandru Papazian Leads 204 Players After Day 1 of the EPT Cyprus $3,000 Mystery Bounty
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) at Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa, continued today with its Day 1 flight of the $3,000 Mystery Bounty. Over 12 levels of play, 840 new entries took their seats to battle over the felt in hopes of becoming the inaugural champion of this event, in Cyprus.
At the end of the night, 204 players bagged and tagged and will be returning for the Day 2 restart tomorrow afternoon. With late registration still open until the start of play tomorrow, this number is only expected to grow.
By the end of proceedings, it was Alexandru Papazian who claimed the title of chip leader, having accumulated 430,500 over the eight hours of play. Papazian wasn’t alone in amassing a plentiful stack as Senol Ardic was hot on his tails, collecting an equally impressive stack of 400,000.
Papazian and Ardic are the only two players to be taking through stacks of over 200 big blinds.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexandru Papazian | Romania | 430,500 | 215 |
| 2 | Senol Ardic | France | 400,000 | 200 |
| 3 | Vladimir Alekseev | Russia | 380,000 | 190 |
| 4 | Ivan Kuziv | Ukraine | 372,000 | 186 |
| 5 | Niko Koop | Germany | 352,000 | 176 |
| 6 | Dimitrou Menedimos | Cyprus | 330,000 | 165 |
| 7 | Argyrou Argery | Cyprus | 316,000 | 158 |
| 8 | Damir Gabdullin | Russia | 310,500 | 155 |
| 9 | Lucas Blanco | Spain | 306,000 | 153 |
| 10 | Dylan Destefano | USA | 294,000 | 147 |
Other notable names to find a bag for Day 2 include Dylan Destefano (294,000) and Cecile Ticherfatine (240,000), as well as a plethora of EPT Champions such as Dominik Panka (106,000), Roberto Romanello (104,000), Hossein Ensan (51,000), and Ian Hamilton (9,500).
Other familiar faces returning tomorrow include Antoine Labat, who will be starting proceedings with a stack of 120,500. Labat is already having an incredible series here in North Cyprus having come third in the $10,200 Mystery Bounty for $58,900, as well as a deep run in the $2,200 Eureka High Roller where he finished 18th for $15,675 just two days ago.
Play will commence on the 19th of October at 12:30 p.m. local time. Those who progressed today or those to late register will start proceedings on Level 13 with blinds at 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 big blind ante. At the start of Day 2, all players will be given a Mystery Bounty Token upon seating; if you eliminate a player, you will collect their Mystery Bounty Token.
Any time after 5:15 p.m. (the second break), players can take any collected tokens to the Mystery Bounty desk to draw an envelope. Tournament entries and remaining players will determine the Mystery Bounty prize amounts which will be announced on the tournament floor during play.
The PokerNews live reporting team will return on Thursday, October 19, to bring you more coverage of the European Poker Tour Mystery Bounty here at EPT Cyprus, so stay tuned.
End of Day 1 Chip Counts
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
430,500 | 430,500 |
|
400,000 | 64,000 |
|
380,000 | 380,000 |
|
372,000 | 152,000 |
|
352,000 | 352,000 |
|
330,000 | 330,000 |
|
|
316,000 | 316,000 |
|
310,500 | 125,500 |
|
306,000 | 306,000 |
|
294,000 | 294,000 |
|
289,000 | -4,000 |
|
286,000 | 286,000 |
|
278,000 | 158,000 |
|
274,000 | 274,000 |
|
262,000 | 262,000 |
|
260,000 | 80,000 |
|
257,500 | 47,500 |
|
255,500 | 29,000 |
|
245,500 | 245,500 |
|
240,000 | 240,000 |
|
240,000 | 190,000 |
|
240,000 | 200,000 |
|
234,500 | 234,500 |
|
234,500 | 234,500 |
|
228,000 | 228,000 |
Day 1 Concludes
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Day 1 of the $3,000 Mystery Bounty has now reached its conclusion. Standby for the recap on PokerNews.
Darie Gets Last Minute Double Up
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Action folded around to Vlad Darie, who pushed all in from the small blind for 27,000. Fabian Gumz called in the big blind with the bigger stack and players flipped their cards.
Vlad Darie: 2♠2♣
Fabian Gumz: A♥Q♥
The board ran out K♣4♦5♣J♥4♠. Darie held with his pocket deuces to claim a last minute double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
124,000 | |
|
58,000 |
Four More Hands
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The tournament director has announced that there will be four more hands played to conclude Day 1 of the $3,000 Mystery Bounty.
Hang Gets Late Double
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Action folded to Xu Hang, who moved all in from late position for 25,000. Danny van der Meer called in the small blind with more chips and players turned their cards.
Xu Hang: A♦9♦
Danny van der Meer: Q♥J♥
The board ran out A♥9♠J♦3♥5♣. Hang made two pair on the flop to double up his stack late in the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 | |
|
|
55,000 |
Gavrilovich Gets Value
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Lavrentiy Ni limped in from the small blind. Jenya Gavrilovich, in the big blind, raised to 7,000 and Ni called.
The 8♣5♦6♦ flop checked through to the 8♦ on the turn. Ni led for 12,000 and Gavrilovich called.
The Q♦ river slowed down Ni. Gavrilovich elected to bet for 21,500, sending Ni into the tank. Eventually making the call, Gavrilovich tabled his A♦Q♥; good enough to send Ni's cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
84,500 | 59,000 |
|
22,000 | 22,000 |
Haraldstad Bets the Pot
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Senol Ardic raised to 4,000 from under the gun, receiving calls from Ian Drake, in the small blind and Joachim Haraldstad, in the big blind.
The action checked to Ardic who continued for 4,000 on the 10♠4♣2♠ flop. Both players called.
The A♦ turn checked through to the A♠ on the river. Drake checked and Haraldstad bet out 25,000; nearing the size of the pot. Both Ardic and Drake elected to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
336,000 | 151,000 |
|
106,000 | 106,000 |
|
67,000 | 67,000 |
Ensan Shoves and Busts to Rezaei
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Action folded around to Hossein Ensan, who moved all in from late position with a short stack. Daniel Rezaei isolated from the button with slightly more chips and players flipped their cards.
Hossein Ensan: 8♣6♣
Daniel Rezaei: A♠2♠
The board ran out 4♠A♣9♦6♦7♠. Ensan turned a pair of sixes, but it wasn't enough against Rezaei's flopped pair of aces. He won the pot and Ensan was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000 | |
|
Busted |